Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]OK! Thanks all for the advice on and off list. On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net>wrote: > The lubricant will not dry up in your lifetime. Take 2 aspirin and forget > that excuse...... > > WD and Seagate drives die at about the same rate. Once in a while. > Neither > is better, neither is worse. > > If you want better reliability, go buy the Enterprise drives form > either.... > Brian has stated they are better built,..... > > WD: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/enterprise/ > Seagate: > http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/enterprise-hard-drives/ > > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > Hi Leo, the drive that just died is a Western Digital, but I have Seagate > dying on me too. I have half a dozen dead drives from a number of systems > in > the drawer and half are probably Seagate and half are Western Digital. > > Sonny, the problem is that if you do keep multiple copies, then by > definition, some of the older drives will be sitting around, and drives > that > sit around is a concern as the lubricant may dry up. > > Mark, the problem with drives use latest and greatest tech is that the > manufacturers are not concentrating on reliability, but on density (more TB > for the $). In fact, at some point, they switched from lifetime warranty or > 10 year down to 5. I won't be surprised if they are now just one year or > three year warranty. > > Nevertheless, sounds like a cage with cheap internal drives may be an > option. > > Thanks all. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>